CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 28 June 2013

28 June 2013

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata News

• CIMdata Brings The PLM Industry’s Premier Education & Training Program to the Boston Area
• solidThinking Inspire Democratizes Optimization-Driven Concept Design: A CIMdata Commentary

Acquisitions

• Delcam Acquires CADCAM Systems to form Illinois Office

Company News

• D|C|CADD Brings Fabrication and Construction Design Solutions to the Houston Market
• Delcam Support Training Attracts Record Numbers
• IDS Engineering Donates idsDesignTOUCH™ Navisworks® Manage® Plug-In to Stanford University
• PTC CEO Jim Heppelmann Recognized As a Leading Advocate for STEM Education
• Synergis Solutions Engineers Are Autodesk Certified Instructors

Events News

• Delcam to launch new Turning Options in FeatureCAM at EMO
• Social PLM 2013, The Global Virtual Conference in PLM, Engineering and Product Design Is Announced

Financial News

• aPriori Accelerates Growth with Record FY'13

Implementation Investments

• Loving Last-Minute Larry: Flexible 3D Plant Design
• Tata Technologies Bolsters Fori Automation Investment in Innovation
• VISI Turbo-Charges Stamping Tool Production
• ZW3D Helps CONCEPT NUM Stay Competitive in Manufacturing

Product News

• Ally PLM Solutions Inc adds CAMWorks for Solid Edge to its Collection
• Altair Releases Complete Powertrain Analysis Solution for Faster Development
• Bentley Systems Announces Immediate Availability of Bentley Utilities Designer for Streamlining the Design and Management of Electric, Gas, Water, and Wastewater Utility Networks
• Bricsys Announces Version 3 of RhinoWorks, giving Rhino Users Parametric Control over their 3D Models
• CAD/CAM Connect Launches Online CAD Training For Engineers and Manufacturers
• Centric Software Introduces Factory Audit Mobile App
• Collier Research’s Latest Version of HyperSizer Software Takes a Whole New Approach to Composites Optimization
• Cortona3D Launches RapidAuthor Integration to SolidEdge
• Dassault Systèmes Introduces a New Industry Solution Experience: “Licensed to Cure for BioPharma”
• Designers on Windows and Mac Enjoy a New Level of Control with solidThinking Evolve® 9.5
• Elysium and Aras Partner to Deliver Advanced Multi-CAD Data Translation and Interchange for Aras Innovator
• Geometric Launches the first CAM Product Fully Embedded within Solid Edge
• i GET IT iPad® App 2.0 Enhances iPad for Engineering Users
• Infor Optiva Simplifies PLM Efficiency
• KeyShot and Solid Edge Integration Enables LiveLinking™ and Faster Creation of 3D Visuals
• Latest Release of Siemens' Solid Edge Software Helps Get Quality Products to Market Faster
• Luxion Releases KeyShot® 4.1
• Maplesoft and JSOL Partner to Combine Powerful Modeling Techniques
• Practical Business Reference Book: New BIM Guideline from Nemetschek Allplan
• Simulink PLC Coder Adds Structured Text Generation for OMRON PLCs
• Spatial Extends Leadership with Faster Performance and Enhanced Capabilities
• STAR-CCM+ v8.04 Release Continues to Improve Simulation Engineer's Productivity and Effectiveness
• Structural Engineering Software Solutions Provider S-FRAME Software Announces Point Release Update of S-FRAME Structural Office R11
• TFTLabs Announces Support for AVEVA 3D Models
• The Next Generation of Design and Engineering Software Has Arrived
• Trimble Extends Survey and Engineering Workflow Support with SketchUp File Integration
• TURBOdesign Suite 5.2.1 now Shipping
• Yunique Solutions Announces the Release of Yunique Design Suite with Multiple PLM Plugins for Adobe
• Zuken Improves Design Productivity and IP Management with CR-8000 2013
• ZWCAD+ 2014 Beta Coming This July: Big Release More Than Just New DWG Compatibility

CIMdata Online Polls

CIMdata is now featuring online polls with real time reporting on our web site at http://www.cimdata.com/polls/polls.html. Each week the results of the previous poll will be included in the CIMdata PLM Industry Summary to help you stay on top of trends in the PLM industry.

Take a moment to visit the site and vote on our current poll.

The most recent poll focuses on the use of PLM enabling solutions to support service in the field. The results for the last opinion poll are:

It is clear from this poll that the respondents do service their products in the field. Many of them (over 73%) manage some or all of their product service information in their PLM-enabling solutions. This is a good finding, as it implies that these companies are leveraging the intellectual assets developed during product development for downstream applications like field service. One big issue facing field service is the configuration of what is being serviced. What is in place in the field is often very different from the product originally delivered to the customer. These changes can accumulate from actions by both the customer and the company that originally provided the product. What is important is that these changes are tracked so that the service team can have the right information, right tools and right parts to take the necessary service actions. Nearly 38% of the companies responding manage all as-maintained product information, and over 62% manage some as-maintained configurations, which illustrates that there is still significant room for improvement.

While companies maintain service information in PLM, it is not the system used to define service plan in all companies, with just under 23% saying they define them in PLM. The poll did not ask, but many ERP systems have such capabilities, or they could be relying on the world’s most common PLM-enabling solution, Microsoft Excel.

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NOTE: The results of these polls are anecdotal, not scientific.
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